Rapid screening of plasmid-encoded small hsp-genes in Streptococcus thermophilus

Current Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 422-427

  Petrova, Penka M ^a   Gouliamova, Dilnora E ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; RNA;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAT SHOCK RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RNA REPLICATION; SCREENING; STARTER CULTURE; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS, SMALL; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 33750563217     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: 14320991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-006-0175-6     Document Type: Article

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